Means for checking separate accounts.



.N0.732,271. PATBNTEDJUNESO,1903.

H. D. BRISTOL. MEANS PoR GHECKING SEPARATE AGUQUNTS.

'APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1902.

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MEANS EUR GHEGKING SEPARATE ACCOUNTS.

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Patented June 30, 1903.

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HENRY D. BRISTOL, OF OOEANSIDE, NEW YORK.

MEI-NQS FOR CHECKiNG SPARATE ACCOUNTS.

SPEGIEGATI'JN forming part of Letters Patent No. 732,271, dated June 30, 1903., Application tiled May 23, 1902. Serial No. 108,676. (N mClGL) all whom t may concern:

Be it known that i, HENRY I). BRISTOL, a citi# proper charging of items to various separate accounts, and in order to provide a check against errors so arising, as Well as security agamst dishonesty, it has become usual to employ a separate checker,77 whose duty it is to manage the partilcular checking` system adopted in a given restaurant and to see that the various orders are properly charged to ene or the other account. ljlitherto the best methods employed lor carrying,` out this nece. ychecking have involved the use of .large and cumbrous sheets, and the cheekers table hei-1 been necessarily so large as to take up much ci' the space so Valuable in city houses.- lrioreoyer, the inany headings crowded. into a sheet of this kind lead to frequent mistakes on the checkers part.

is the object of this invention to provide a simple and reliable means whereby the above ends can he carried out Without the necessity of using the large complicated checkers sheets, and consequently with economy of room and decreased liability of mistake.

In the drawings accompanying this application, Figure l is the face view of the end of a roll of guest-checks as used in this system. Fig. 2 is a similar View of the end of a 'roll of waitcrs vouchers am checker-s duplicates. Fig. 3 is an edge View of one of there rolls. Fie: et' is a perspective View of one forni o' checxers desk capable of use with this intention; and Fig. 5 is a perspective View of a duplicate die, preferably used by the checker.

lu carrying' out this system two sets of'per i'orated or d irisible checks are used,whl ch are supplied either in bundles or in rolls. ltolls, such as are shown in Fig. 3, are printed with duplicate dies f.

successively-numbered checks separated by straight rows ot' perforations, facilitatin g tearing oil one check after another. As shown in Fig. i, each guest-check is divided near the right-hand side by a line of perforations u, and the upper right-hand corner is squarely separated by anadditional line c. The square so demarkcd bears the number of the check, as No. l or No. 2, the. This number also appears, as shown at the head of the column to the right of the perloratiousv a, and at the head of the lefthand portion of the guestcheck. This number identifies the guest served with the particular items Written thereon. The roll or bundle is preferably kept by the checker. The checker is also provided with a roll or bundle of Waiters vouchers, also in duplicate, cach voucher being separated longitudinally, as by perforation c, and being' headed on the two sides, respectively,

TWaiteis voucher an( Checkers duplicate. The numbers No l, No. 2, dsc., shown in the drawings, Fig. 2, are not printf ed upon these siipsas preferably used, as they vare notnecessarily used for every guest.

Where not only Wine, but cigars and oysters, dto., are sold under separate accounts, each Voucher i .is headed in. Writing,r by the checker vat thetinie itis handed out to the Waiter.` It is at this time, too, that the checker marks' the vouchers on both sides of the line c to correspond to the guesJ-check ineac'h ease.

To explain the Workingof this system, the outfit illustrated in Fig. i will be taken as -merely an illustrative case, it being understood that the rolls, Fig. 3, may be used instead of `lnindles of cheeks and that other departures from the exact outiit mentioned may be made Without departingr from this invention.

The desk d is provided with drawers e for holding; the duplicate checks when detached. Conveniently at hand is an ordered group of These may he constructed as shown, for instance, in Fig. 5, `with a certain number, indicating a sum of money, produced in duplicate and properly spaced to c0- operate with the printed checks used in each case. These maybe used inconnection with a pad or pads l1/ in a Well-known manner, to print thc number (as 25) in du plieatc, as hereinafter described. In suitable com part- IOC ments are stored the various checks, as shown in Fifi. 4, a bundle of guest-checks 71 and a bundle el' vouchers yi. When a new guest takes his seat, the waiter attached to his table applies to the checker for a guest-check. Ile then takes the order, writing,I down the articles called for-as, for instance, those named on check No. 1 in Fig. l. Thisvcheck is taken io the kitchen, and when the waiter carries in the first instalment of the orderas, for instance, roast beef and asparagushe passes the checker, who verifies the order, tears off the upper right-hand corner of the check with the number, and stamps the proper prices opposite the various items. By using a duplicate stamp, as shown in Fig. 5, this price is printed by a single operation on both sides of the perfor-ations a. The checker keeps the square showin g the number of the cheek, as this informs him that the guest-A check bearing that number has been used and food delivered on it. This item becomes important in case of loss of the check. Il the checker observes that wine or liquor is ordered, as the l Bass in Fig. 1, he not only stamps its price opposite the order on the guest-cheek in duplicate, but he marks a voucher in duplicate with the number of the guest-check, identifies such voucher as being` for wine or cigars, &c., (if 1iccessary,) stamps the price in duplicateror otherwise marks it on both parts of the voucherftas thirty cents in the drawings,) and then tears the voucher down the middle on the line c. The checker keeps the portion marked checkers duplicate and the waiter takes the other portion to the bar or other specialV counter, where he procures the `wine, cigars, or other special order by delivering up his voucher. rlhus the barkeeper has au evidence of goods delivered to the house and the checker hash is duplicate thereof. \Vhen the meal is finished, the duplicate columns` are added up on the guestcheek and the total -swwritten or stamped at the foot ol each col u mu. The two sums will ol' course be identical. When the wail er is paid, he takes the money with the gu est-check. to the cashier, who, on receiving the money, marks the right-hand or stub portion paid or with the letters Pd. as in the drawings, or otherwise, to give evidence of payment, and then tears olf the said recciptcd stub, giving vit to the waiter, who delivers it to the checker in evidence of the money on that particular order having been paid alter due service of the guest. ly this means acheck is obtained on the cashier, and at the same time by observing,r the corner-numbers and comparing them with receipted stubs handed in the checker can ascertain atfany moment w'hichfmn` orders are still pending; and which have beei" paid, thus preventing the withholding of an accounting on orders out ol' due season.

lt will be seen that by the use ot the devices above described a complete checking system is carried out without the necessity of using the clumsy and large checkers sheets, and consequently without the use of the great space otherwise necessary to devote to the checker.

The speciiie words shown in the drawings may or may not be printed upon the checks and vouchers.

lt is to be understood. that this invention is capable of use whatever the specilic wording of the various printed headings, and that other changes may be made in the details herein shown and described without departing from the spirit of my invention. While the duplicate die is prete ably employed, as herein described, its use is not essential to the use of my system in its broadest aspect.

lVhat l claim is- In apparatus for keeping separate accounts and checkingr the same, a two-part guestcheck partly divided into principal sections by a vertical row of peri'oi'ations and having the end ol:` one of its sections part-ly separated by a horizontal line of pcrforations for l'ormingr a corner-section, and an identifying-mark printed both above and below said horizontal line on one principal section and once upon Lthe other principal section.

HENRY D. lllls'l`()l..

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',l. W. LoNeFnLLow, li. S. MACKAYE. 

